Urban Farm Pointers
Hey everyone,
I am working on a curriculum for an Urban Farming boot camp of sorts. I am curious your impressions about what it is taking for you to create your urban farm. What are the components that you are adding to your farm. What is your intent, what do you hope to aspire to?
Discussion started by Greg Peterson , on 772 days ago
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I aspire to growing a vast variety of fruit in my mini orchard, and some greens and other veggies in my raised beds during the cooler months.
You answered my question without me having to ask it. I am retired so I would love to see and participate if you offered tours and classes during the weekday. With temperatures rising mid morning would be good.
Tracy - thanks for your great comments. Yes on the weekday tour - talking with my team this week.
There may have been too much nitrogen in there. However I suspect that there was not enough chicken manure to really make a difference. Either way if it is almost finished - I would call it good.
Greg
There may have been too much nitrogen in there. However I suspect that there was not enough chicken manure to really make a difference. Either way if it is almost finished - I would call it good.
Greg
I just added some chicken manure from my neighbor's house to my almost finished compost, hoping it would help the pile heat up and finish off. I don't seem to have any more heat. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to add more brown stuff with the manure?
Greg, would you consider doing an Urban Farm tour during the day on a weekday (ie. when kids are in school). I don't know about other people, but that is the most flexible part of my day. Weekends are hard.
I am interested in the trees you mentioned in previous post. What varieties of heirloom fruit trees do well here, and where can I get them? I am looking for good local varieties of citrus, peach, apple, fig, pommegranate, persimmon and pecan if they exist.
For me the most important pieces in a Master Site Design in AZ are: 1) Establishing a Solar Arc for Passive Solar Gain, 2) Getting a Water Budget for the site & working within it, & 3) Farming Native foods that will survive solely on rainwater once established.
In terms of vegetables & fruits its important to select varieties that are drought tolerant, taste good, and yield abundantly. Open pollinated is a must, so you can improve on what performs well on your property. I like planting heirloom fruit trees that were introduced to AZ by missionaries 300-400 yrs ago. There are many abandoned orchards in Southern AZ that survive only on rainwater now.
Brad Lancaster's, Water Harvesting for the Drylands Volume 2, has a really good appendix on fruit tree's that do well here.
In terms of vegetables & fruits its important to select varieties that are drought tolerant, taste good, and yield abundantly. Open pollinated is a must, so you can improve on what performs well on your property. I like planting heirloom fruit trees that were introduced to AZ by missionaries 300-400 yrs ago. There are many abandoned orchards in Southern AZ that survive only on rainwater now.
Brad Lancaster's, Water Harvesting for the Drylands Volume 2, has a really good appendix on fruit tree's that do well here.
I'm looking for variety, low water/low maintenance plants, getting to a point where I've got enough food to support at least just me! and how to create it 'naturally' so my backyard looks like a fun adventure as opposed to a minifarm.
